10c Green, Types II, III (14, 15). Three singles, two Type II and one Type III, large margins to in, deep rich color, used with 3c Dull Red, Type I (11), similar margins, faint corner crease at top left, cancelled or tied by red grids, matching "New Bedford Mass. Paid Jul. 13" (1857) circular datestamp on yellow cover to Singapore, East Indies, addressed to Captain S. Lyman Norton of the ship Minstrel, in care of Boustead & Co., sender's routing instructions "via Southampton", black "Boston Br. Pkt. 15 Jul." circular datestamp on back, carried on the Cunarder Niagara, departing Boston July 15, 1857, arriving Liverpool July 26, red "28" credit handstamp ties one 10c stamp, red London circular datestamp (July 27), manuscript "1" British Colonial credit marking, backflap repaired, cosmetic improvements around edges (latter not mentioned on certificates)

FINE. A RARE EARLY USE TO SINGAPORE, PAYING THE 33-CENT RATE VIA SOUTHAMPTON. THIS IS THE ONLY 1851-56 ISSUE COVER TO SINGAPORE WE HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED.

This remarkable cover is addressed to Captain S. Lyman Norton as he sailed the ship Minstrel from Boston to the East Indies and Far East in 1857 and 1858. The William H. Gross U.S. Postal History sale included two other covers from the Norton correspondence with the 1851-56 Issue, both addressed to Java (Sale 1211, lots 246 and 297). This cover addressed to Singapore is the first such use of the 1851-56 Issue we have offered since keeping computerized records.

Ex Giamporcaro ("Tito"), Hackmey and Gross. With 1989 and 1999 P.F. certificates.

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